{"id":8258,"date":"2025-08-26T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8258"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:44:20","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-1-in-key-demo-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/08\/26\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-1-in-key-demo-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS&#8221;\u00a0IS #1 IN KEY DEMO WEDNESDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Only Evening Newscast to Grow in Total Viewers &amp; A25-54 vs. Last Year, Closest A25-54 Gap vs. ABC since January<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Marks Smallest Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC since Llamas Became Anchor, Including by 73% in Key Demo vs. Prior Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of August 18 Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;ranks #<strong>1 in A25-54 on Wednesday<\/strong>&nbsp;with 833,000 viewers&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;is the&nbsp;<strong>only evening newscast to grow in total viewers and A25-54 vs. last year<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>only evening newscast to increase A25-54 viewers<\/strong>&nbsp;vs. last week&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>marks its\u00a0<strong>closest across-the-board gaps vs. ABC since Llamas began as anchor<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>narrowing all by double digits vs.<\/strong>\u00a0last year\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<strong>the #2 most-watched show of the week<\/strong>&nbsp;with 5.7 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of August 18 Ratings Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 5.7 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.89 million (+50%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;is the&nbsp;<strong>only evening newscast to grow in total viewers<\/strong>&nbsp;vs. last year, +404,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>marks its&nbsp;<strong>closest total viewer gap vs ABC since April<\/strong>&nbsp;(4\/28\/25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>closes year-over-year total viewer gap vs. ABC by 30%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>narrows week-over-week total viewer gap vs. ABC by 3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 792,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +314,000 (+66%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;wins Wednesday as the #1 newscast in A25-54<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>marks its&nbsp;<strong>closest A25-54 gap vs. ABC since January<\/strong>&nbsp;(1\/27\/25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;is the&nbsp;<strong>only evening newscast to grow in year &amp; weekly measurements<\/strong>, +16,000 vs. last week, +9,000 vs. last year&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 73% in year-over-year measurements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 70% in week-over-week measurements&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 496,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +160,000 (+48%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly New&nbsp;<\/em><strong>marks its closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC since May<\/strong>&nbsp;(5\/26\/25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 54% in year-over-year and 45% in week-over-week&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF 8\/18\/2025<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\">Program<\/td><td>P25-54<\/td><td>P25-54<\/td><td>P18-49<\/td><td>P18-49<\/td><td>P2+<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rtg<\/td><td>Imps<\/td><td>Rtg<\/td><td>Imps<\/td><td>Imps<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/td><td>0.64<\/td><td>792<\/td><td>0.37<\/td><td>496<\/td><td>5,665<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>0.39<\/td><td>478<\/td><td>0.25<\/td><td>336<\/td><td>3,775<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>0.68<\/td><td>838<\/td><td>0.42<\/td><td>569<\/td><td>6,916<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 8\/18\/2025-8\/24\/2025. 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